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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 117, what does Cantu dream about that is disturbing?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) His teeth rotting out.
(c) A cave littered with body parts.
(d) Finding bodies in the desert.

2. What animal features in one of Cantu's unsettling dreams on page 14?
(a) A worm.
(b) A whale.
(c) A lion.
(d) A wolf.

3. Why do the tribal police often decline to come to pick up abandoned vehicles when Border Patrol calls them?
(a) They are too busy with more important work.
(b) They are afraid people will still be in the vehicle.
(c) They think abandoned vehicles harbor harmful spirits.
(d) They do not want the paperwork either.

4. Who was the migrant on page 154 that Cantu takes into the Border Patrol station for processing trying to get to see in the U.S.?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

5. Why does Cantu arrest one of the men in the car he stops on page 70?
(a) He is smoking marijuana.
(b) There is an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
(c) He has a gun he is not authorized to have.
(d) He tries to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What visions of migrants does Cantu describe sometimes seeing in his nightmares on page 34?

2. What does Jose have on his record that will complicate his request to be allowed to stay in the U.S.?

3. What is the word for mass graves where the drug cartels left the bodies of those they murdered?

4. Where does Cantu go hiking on page 148?

5. Who is Cantu's first supervisor on his first rotating shifts with Border Patrol?

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